Braised Chicken and Figs with Honey Gastrique

Name: Braised Chicken and Figs with Honey Gastrique
Prep time: 1 h
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 2 Tbsps apple cider vinegar; 2 bay leaves; 237 milliliters chicken stock (more or less according to the size of your pan); 118 milliliters dry white wine; 4 sprigs fresh thyme; 1 Tbsp honey; 1 pinch kosher salt (plus more as needed); 4 onions; 1 pinch freshly cracked black pepper (plus more as needed); 2 Tbsps unsalted butter

For $1.06 per serving, this recipe covers 5% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One serving contains 159 calories, 3g of protein, and 7g of fat. This recipe serves 4. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 1 hour. Head to the store and pick up honey, kosher salt, wine, and a few other things to make it today. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free, primal, and vegetarian diet.

Instructions

Separate legs and thighs if you like, but I don’t. Pat chicken pieces very dry. Season with salt and pepper.

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Salt And Pepper

Chicken Pieces

Cut top half-inch off onions. Peel onions, and quarter them vertically, cutting only a bit off the root end so each quarter stays intact.

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Onion

Heat oven to 375 degrees.

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Oven

Heat butter in a heavy ovenproof skillet, preferably one large enough to hold chicken in a single layer. Over medium-high heat, brown chicken well on both sides. If skillet is not large enough to hold all the chicken, brown it in stages, and transfer it to a roasting pan that will hold it all.Tuck onion quarters, thyme and bay leaves around chicken.

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Bay Leaves

Whole Chicken

Butter

Onion

Thyme

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Roasting Pan

Add white wine and enough chicken stock so liquid is about ½-inch deep in pan.

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Chicken Stock

White Wine

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Frying Pan

Place chicken in oven, and cook until chicken is done, about 40 minutes.

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Whole Chicken

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Oven

Remove from oven to stove.

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Oven

Place figs around the chicken.

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Whole Chicken

Figs

Place pan over medium-high heat, bring contents to a simmer, and cook a few minutes until sauce starts to get syrupy. Warm honey and vinegar in a small saucepan, and drizzle over chicken. Turning chicken in pan, cook a few minutes more, basting with pan juices.

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Whole Chicken

Vinegar

Honey

Sauce

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Sauce Pan

Frying Pan

Remove bay leaves, check seasonings, and serve, dividing the ingredients so each plate gets a chicken leg and thigh, and 4 pieces each of fig and onion.

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Chicken Leg